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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11377232 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2019

Combined information for object detection and avoidance

Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Scott Raymond Harris, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Barry James O'Brien, Seattle, WA (US);

Joshua John Watson, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:

Athorus, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Mohammad J Rahman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 47/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06K 9/00 (2022.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.01); H04N 13/25 (2018.01); H04N 13/243 (2018.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G08G 5/045 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); H04N 13/243 (2018.05); H04N 13/25 (2018.05); H04N 13/271 (2018.05); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64C 2201/145 (2013.01); B64C 2201/165 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06V 10/16 (2022.01); G06V 20/194 (2022.01);
Abstract

Described is an imaging component for use by an unmanned aerial vehicle ('UAV') for object detection. As described, the imaging component includes one or more cameras that are configured to obtain images of a scene using visible light that are converted into a depth map (e.g., stereo image) and one or more other cameras that are configured to form images, or thermograms, of the scene using infrared radiation ('IR'). The depth information and thermal information are combined to form a representation of the scene based on both depth and thermal information.

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